A couple of No4's de-sportertized over the last few weeks...
A couple more No4 finished; I call this pair "Beauty and the Beast"...
Bedding of the forends went relatively well for both.
The blonde one is a Longbranch with a really great bore, sadly the receiver was drilled and tapped for a Weaver TO-1 mount; still, it should shoot well.
The one in walnut furniture took a bit more work. The receiver did see some grinder or rough tool, I think a previous owner was attempting (really poorly) to bring the metal in the white. I resolved to sandblasting the metal to bring some sort of half-decent surface texture to it, then reblued it. Ended up looking not too too horrible. Hope it'll shoot well, otherwise it won't have much on the "plus" side...
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Here's the one from the UK, it's the top barreled action in the picture below.
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Then after a few hours of work...
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